Lipstick container



G. J. DANCO LIPSTICK CONTAINER Oct. 13, 1936.

Filed May 16, 1936 1 ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 13, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LIPSTICK CONTAINERGerard J. Danco, Morristown, N. J.

Application May 16, 1936, Serial No. 80,068

14 Claims. (Cl. 132-79 My invention relates to lipstick containers andrefers particularly to such containers of the general type comprising anouter protective casing which is adapted also to serve as a handle forapplying lipstick material to the lips.

Among the objects of my invention are the following:-

To enable lipstick material to be applied to the lips as aneven coating,and not irregularly, or in patches or spots.

To enable the application 'of the correct amount desired, particularlyto obviate an undesirable excess, thus avoiding the waste andinconvenience of having to wipe oil the excess of lipstick material fromthe lips.

To effect an even, smooth, uniform spreading of the lipstick materialover the surfaces of the lips, without need of using the fingers forthis purpose or of employing a separate spreading device.

To provide a device by which lipstick material may be properly,conveniently, quickly and economically applied to the lips.

To provide a device of simple construction and which is economical tomanufacture.

Commonly heretofore the bared end of a lipstick itself has been applieddirectly to and wiped over the surfaces of the lips.

This results in too much of the lipstick material being applied in someplaces, not enough, or none, in others, and requires a separatespreading operation, as well as the wiping away of any excessapplication of the lipstick material.

Also the end surface of the lipstick wears away unevenly andirregularly, so that very soon the lipstick end will not be of theproper shape to form an effective applicator.

In the device of my invention, the lipstick material is transferred froma lipstick to a combined applicator and spreader element from which itis transferred to the lips.

This element is in the form of a flexible endless band or tape of fabricor other suitable material.

At one place this applicator band has a bend or bight passing part wayaround a manually rotatable frictionally acting driving roller, atanother place it has another bend or bight passing over the tip end of asupporting finger, upon whichit is guided for traveling movement, withstretches or runs of this band extending along the opposite sides ofthis finger.

A spring presses the lipstick against the applicator band where it isbacked by its driving roller.

The lipstick, the roller and the finger are carried by a slidable frameby means of which the finger, having thereon the applicator band, may beprojected beyond the end of a handle-forming outer casing, and againretracted or withdrawn into the casing.

Rotative movement of the roller coats the applicator band with lipstickmaterial and causes it to travel around the finger to a new positionthereon.

With this finger at its protruding position, the portions of theapplicator band upon either side of this finger, or upon its outer tipend, may be used upon the lips, for applying and spreading lipstickmaterial over them.

The simplicity, economy, efllciency and convenience, with otherdesirable attributes, of the device of my invention will be evidentlater.

My invention will be clearly understood from a consideration of thefollowing particular description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing illustrating one form of my device, and in whichsimilar parts are designated by similar numerals.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lipstick container of my invention,shown as closed.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the closure cap removed and theapplicator projected for use.

Figure 3 is an enlarged central longitudinal section on the line 3-3 ofFigure 2.

Figure 4 is an incomplete central longitudinal section on the line 4-401Figure 3.

Figure 5 is' a side view of the lipstick carrier and applicator part,removed from the casing part.

The particular form of the device of my invention illustrated in theaccompanying drawing comprises an elongated rectangular main outercasing part having a front wall ill, a rear wall ll, similar side walls|2l2 which are somewhat wider than the front and rear walls II), II, anda. bottom or lower end closure ill, the upper end of this casing partbeing fully open. The front wall Ill has through it a slotted opening itmidway of its width and extending from about midway of its lengthupwardly and out through its upper end. This casing part is desirably ofresilient? material.

A readily removable cover can l5 frlctionally telescopes over the upperend of the described main casing part, throughout the depth of this cap,and covering most of the slot l4, protecting, yet to be described, inneroperating parts of the device from the drying effect of air, from dust,enhancing the appearance of the device when not in use, and contributingto compactness. With its cap l5 removed, the elongated main outer casingpart provides a convenient handle for the device in use.

The described outer casing removably contains and forms a housing'for aninner operating structure or part, partly shown in Figures 1 and 2,completely shown in Figures 3 and 4, and separately shown in Figure 5.This structure comprises anelongated frame member adapted to have africtional longitudinally slidable fit within the main casing part.

The mentioned frame member has similar front and rear plates I5 and H.The lower ends of these frame plates are fixedly connected by means ofan interposed block I3 and a through rivet pin I3. The upper endportions of these plates l6 and I! are similarly fixedly connected bymeans of the interposed inner or lower end portion of a verticallyelongated block 20 and a pair of through rivet pins 20A-2||A, by meansof which the end block 20 is rigidly secured to the plates l5 and IT.

The upper ends of these plates are rounded (Figures 2 and 3) and alsohave their exposed corners rounded (Figures 4 and 5). The plates l5 areH are spaced to fit against the front and rear casing walls l and II, asshown in Figures2 and 4, and are of a width so that their edges fitagainst the casing side walls |2--|2, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

The elongated block 20 forms a finger which extends upwardly beyond theupper ends of the frame plates l6 and This finger 20 has fiat parallelfront and rear faces but at its opposite side faces it tapers upwardlyin wedge form. This taper is shown as extending throughout the length ofthis finger-forming block 20.

Its wider or thicker lower end is thinner or narrower than the width ofthe plates Its outer end forms a straight relatively thin or narrowrounded tip, the front and rear ends of which have small bevels. Itsopposite tapering side faces are slightly concavely curved along theirlength, as shown in Figure 3, for a reason explained later. v

A cylindrical soft rubber power-transmitting driving roller 2| extendsbetween the front and rear frame plates I5 and H with its peripheryspaced slightly below the lower end of the finger block 20 and alsospaced away from the edges of these plates, this roller being ofslightly greater diameter than the width of the lower end of the block20. For securing good frictional traction, this driving, roller 2| has arough surface, indicated in Figure 3 as being ridged or corrugated.

This rubber roller 2| has a tubular metal core or bushing 22, shown asprovided 'with ridges forming keys which are seated in grooves in therubber of the roller, whereby this roller may be rotated by its bushing.

The roller 2| is carried by a shaft 23 extending through its bushing 22and journaled in the front and rear frame walls I5 and II. The operatingshaft 23 is screwed through the bushing 22 with s tight-fittingright-hand screw thread, which provides a driving fit, capable ofrotating the bushing 22 from the shaft 23. The end of the thread on thisshaft is jammed into and against the forward end of the bushing 22adjacent to the front wall |6.

The smooth forward end portion of the screwthreaded shaft 23 extendsbeyond the front frame wall l6 and is of a length to be adapted A toextend beyond the front wall ID of the outer casing, through its slot 4,where the end of this shaft has a milled finger wheel 24 fixed thereon,by means of which it may be turned.

The rear end portion of the roller shaft 23 is reduced and shoulderedwith its reduced end upset or headed in a countersink at therear of therear frame wall IT. This prevents the removal and possible loss of thisshaft.

An endless flexible applicator band 25 passes around the lower portionof the drive roller 2|, upwardly along the tapering sides of the fingerblock 20 and over its thin rounded tip. This band 25 is of the samewidth as the adjacent or underlying faces of the block 2|! and has theopposite edges of its lower portion guided between the front and rearwalls l5 and II for approximately the lower half of the length of itsside stretches or rims, whereby this band will be maintained upon theblock 22 in position to cover its finger tip and side faces.

The applicator band 25 may be of any suitable material, such as clothfabric, or soft rubber. It is stretched moderately taut as indicated inthe drawing. The slight longitudinal concave cur: vature of the sidefaces of the finger block 20 provides clearance for the band 25. whichprevents it from adhering to these faces, and also reduces its friction,in its traveling movement, to be described. v

The roller 2| has sufficiently strong frictional engagement with theband 25 to impart traveling movement to the latter. This will take placeupon rotation of the finger wheel 24 in either direction, which willmostcommonly be clockwise, or right hand, as viewed from the front inFigures 1 and 2, as indicated by the arrows applied to the band 25 inFigure 3, in which the view is from the rear. I

A lipstick carrier 25 is slidably guided between the front and rearframe walls l5 and I1, above their lower connecting piece l8 and belowthe roller 2|, and is similarly vertically slidable between the outercasing side walls |2-|2. The lipstick carrier 25 is constantly urgedupwardly by a rather long extensively compressible coiled thrust spring21 which is seated in a socket 28 in the end block I8.

A lipstick 29 carried by the carrier 26 is pressed against the turn ofthe applicator band 25 beneath its driving roller 2|, by the spring 21.The rubber roller 2| thus forms a backing for the band 25 where thelipstick 29 is pressed against the latter. This lipstick is ofsubstantially the same width, between the walls It and II, as the widthof the band 25, so as thereby to make contact with the latter across itsfull width.

The operation of the above described device of my invention is asfollows:

With the outer casing parts forming a closed housing as shown in Figure1 the band 25 and lipstick 28 are prevented from becoming too dry andfrom being contaminated by dust, or otherwise, while also the devicepresents an attractive appearance.

When the protective cover cap l5 has been removed, if now the fingerwheel 24 is moved upwardly, the inner frame member will be movedupwardly, thereby causing the finger 20. with the applicator band 25thereon, to protrude beyond the open upper end of the main outer casingpart, as shown, in Figures 2, 3 and 4, where it will be maintained bythe frictional engagement of the inner frame member within the resilientouter casing part.

If now, or at any time, the finger wheel 2! is rotated, it will transmitrotation to the driving roller 2|, the frictional engagement of whichwith the applicator band 25 will impart circuitous traveling movement tothe latter. The pressure of the lipstick 25 against the moving band 25,with the latter there backed by the rotating rubber roller 2|, willcause the friction of this band with the lipstick, to remove lipstickmaterial from the latter.

surface of the band 25. As the'band 25 continues its travel, its coatedportion will pass upwardly and outwardly along one side of the finger20, over its rounded tip end, and downwardly along its other sidetowhatever extent may be desired.

The-lipstick material carried upon the endless band 25 may then beeasily and conveniently applied to the lips. In doing this, the band 25serves as an applicator, the finger block 20 serves as a supportingcarrier for this applicator band, while the elongated outer casing partforms a convenient handle, as will be particularly clear from Figure 2.

The finger 20, having the particular shape shown, has been found to behighly effective, both for guiding the band 25 and for the use of thelatter as an applicator and spreader of the lipstick material. Thebeveled corners of the finger tip prevent liability of the metal comingin contact with the lips.

It has been found that the lipstick material can be applied to the lipsmuch more evenly with my device than by using a lipstick directly uponthe lips. Also the applied material can be evenly spread over the lipsby means of my device, by then making use of a portion of the band 25from which most of the lipstick material has been removed by its use.Neither a natural finger nor any separate wiper or spreader is required.

After use of the device,'the finger wheel 24 is moved downwardly,retracting the finger 20 and band 25 into the main casing part, wherethey will be maintained by frictional engagement of the slidable innerframe member with the outer casing part.

The lipstick 29, when worn out, may be conveniently replaced by a newlipstick merely by entirely withdrawing the slidable inner structurefrom the outer casing, as shown in Figure 5.

It is believed to be now evident that the device of my inventionpossesses valuable attributes by reason of which it constitutes adistinct advance in the art to which it relates.

In the specification and claims, such terms as "laterally, front, rear,upwardly, downwardly", upper, lower", "top, bottom", or similarexpressions, refer merely to the position of the device as shown in thedrawing, since it is obvious that the device may have various differentpositions.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the constructionshown in the drawing and above particularly described, within theprinciple and scope of my invention as'defined in the appended claims.

I do not specifically limit myself to the particular size, shape,number, arrangement or material of parts as shown and described, asthese are given simply as a means for'clearly explaining the device ofmy invention.

What I claim is:-

1. In a lipstick container, in combination, an endless applicatorelement, means adapted to move said element in an endless path, andresilient means adapted to press a lipstick against said element.

2. In a lipstick container, in combination, an

endless flexible band guided for longitudinal traveling movement andforming an applicator for lipstick material, operating means capable ofmoving said band, and resilient means adapted to press a lipstickagainst said band.

3. In a lipstick container, in combination, an

endless flexible band forming an applicator for llpstick material, meansadapted to guide said band for longitudinal traveling movement in anendless elongated path, operating means .t one of the elongations ofsaid path capable of moving said band, and resilient means adapted topress a lipstick against said band at the said one elongation 01' itssaid path.

4. In a lipstick container, in combination, an endless flexible bandforming an applicator for lipstick material, an obtruding finger havingan outer end over which an outer bight 01' said band is guided, withstretches of said bandpassing along opposite side faces of said finger,a frictionally acting driving roller inwardly from the inner end of saidfinger and part way around which an inner bight of said band passes,resilient means adapted to press a lipstick against said band where itsinner bight is backed by'said roller, and operating means capable oftransmitting rotation to said roller and thereby causing the lattoimpart circuitous traveling movement to said,

finger is fixed, said plates being extended inwardly beyond the innerend of said finger, a frictionally acting driving roller Journaledbetween said plates inwardly from the inner end of said finger and partway around which an inner bight of said band passes and by whichcircuitous traveling movement can be imparted to said band, a fingerwheel having a shaft connected to said roller through one of said platesand by means of which said roller can be rotated, a connecting piecejoining the inner ends of said plates, a lipstick-carrier slidablelongitudinally between said plates and adapted to carry a lipstickdirected toward said roller, and a thrust spring interposed between saidinner end piece and said carrier and adapted to press a lipstick in saidcarrier against the inner bight of said band.

6. In a lipstick container, in combination, an endless flexible bandforming an applicator for lipstick material, an obtruding finger whichtapers outwardly and terminates in a relatively thin rounded tip endover which an outer bight of said band is guided, with stretches of saidband passing along opposite side faces of said finger, a frictionallyacting driving roller inwardly from the inner end of said finger andpart way around which an inner bight of said band passes, resilientmeans adapted to press a lipstick against said band where its innerbight is backed by said roller, and operating means capable oftransmitting rotation to said roller and thereby causing the latter toimpart circuitous traveling movement to said band.

7. In a lipstick container, in combination, an elongated casing havingan open end and a closed end and a longitudinal slot, a frame memberslid-' able longitudinally with said casing, a finger carried by saidframe member and adapted to be projected from the open end of saidcasing by sliding movement of said frame member, an endless flexibleband having an outer bight guided over the outer end of said finger andforming an applicator for lipstick material, with stretches of said bandpassing along opposite side faces of said finger, a frictionally actingdriving roller carried by said frame member inwardly from the inner endof said finger and part way around which an inner bight of said bandpasses and by which circuitous traveling movement can be imparted tosaid band, an exterior finger wheel carried by said frame member to movetherewith and connected through said casing slot with said roller torotate the latter, and resilient means carried by said frame member andadapted to press a lipstick against the inner bight of said band.

8. In a lipstick container, an elongated frame member, a finger carriedby and obtruding beyond an end of said frame member, an endless flexibleband forming an applicator for lipstick material having an outer bightcarried upon the outer end of said finger, with stretches of said bandpassing along opposite side faces of said finger, a frictionally actingdriving roller carried by said frame member inwardly from the inner endof said fln ger and part way around which an inner bight of said bandpasses, a finger wheel connected with said roller to rotate the latterthereby to impart circuitous traveling movement to said band, a thrustspring adapted to press a lipstick against the inner bight of. saidband, and an abutment member for said spring'carried by the inner end ofsaid frame member.

9. In a lipstick container, an elongated outer enclosing casing, afinger adapted to protrude from within beyond an end of said casing, anendless flexible band forming an applicator for lipstick material havingan outer bight carried upon the outer end of said finger, with stretchesof said band passing along opposite side faces of said finger and intothe end of said casing, a frictionally acting driving roller within saidcasing inwardly from the inner end of said finger and which carriesthereon an inner bight of said band, a finger wheel at the outside ofsaid casing and connected with said roller to rotate the latter therebyto impart circuitous traveling movement to said band, resilient meanswithin said casing adapted to press a casing-contained lipstick againstthe inner bight of said band, and

a protective cover cap for the applicator end of said casing.

10. In a lipstick container, an elongated frame member, a finger carriedby and obtruding beyond an end of said frame member, an endless flexibleband forming an applicator for lipstick material having an outer bightcarried upon the outer end of said finger, with stretches of said bandpassing along opposite side faces of said finger, a frictionally actingsoft rubber driving roller carried by said frame member inwardly fromthe inner end of said finger and part way around which an inner bight ofsaid band passes, a finger wheel connected with said rollerto rotate thelatter thereby to impart circuitous traveling movement to said band, athrust spring adapted to press a lipstick against the inner'bight ofsaid band, and an abutment member for said spring carried by the innerend of said frame member. I

11. In a lipstick container, an elongated frame member, a finger carriedby and obtruding beyond an end of said frame member, said finger beingtapered outwardly along opposite sides and terminating in arelatively'thin rounded outer end, an endless flexible band forming anapplicator for lipstick material having an outer bight carried upon theouter end of said finger, with stretches of said band passing alongopposite side faces of said finger, a frictionally acting driving rollercarried by said frame member inwardly from the inner end of said fingerand part way around which an inner bight of. said band passes. a fingerwheel connected with said roller to rotate the latter thereby to impartcircuitous traveling movement to said band, a thrust spring adapted topress a lipstick against the inner bight of said band, and an abutmentmember for said spring carried by the inner end of said frame member.

12. In a lipstick container, an elongated frame member, a finger carriedby and obtruding beyond an end of said frame member, an endless flexibleband forming an applicator for lipstick material having an outer bightcarried upon the outer end of said finger, with stretches of said bandpassing along opposite side faces of said finger, said frame memberforming guides for the opposite edges of the inner portion of said band,a frictionally acting driving roller carried by said frame memberinwardly from the inner end of said finger and part way around which aninner bight of said band passes, a finger wheel connected with saidroller to rotate the latter thereby to impart circuitous travelingmovement to said band, a thrust spring adapted to press a lipstickagainst the inner bight of said band, and an abutment member for saidspring carried by the inner end of said frame member.

13. In a lipstick container, in combination, an endless flexible bandforming an applicator for lipstick material, an obtruding finger whichtapers outwardly and terminates in a relatively thin rounded tip endover which an outer bight of said band is guided, with stretches of saidband passing along opposite side faces of said finger, the oppositetapering side faces of said finger being concavely curved along theirlength so as to provide clearance for said band, a frictionally actingdriving roller inwardly from the inner end of said finger and part wayaround which an inner bight of said band passes, resilient means adaptedto press a lipstick against said band where its inner bight is backed bysaid roller, and operating means capable of transmitting rotation tosaid roller and thereby causing the latter to impart circuitoustraveling movement to said band.

14. In a lipstick container, in combination, an elongated casing havingan open end and a closed end and a longitudinal slot, a frame memberslidable longitudinally within said casing, a finger carried by saidframe member and adapted to be projected from the open end of saidcasing by sliding movement of said frame member, an endless fiexibleband having an outer bight guided over the outer end of said finger andforming an applicator for lipstick material, with stretches of said bandpassing along opposite side faces of said finger, a frictionally actingdriving roller carried by said frame member inwardly from the inner endof said finger and part way around which an inner bight of said oandpasses and by which circuitous traveling movement can be imparted tosaid band, an exterior finger wheel carried by said frame member to movetherewith and connected through said casing slot with said roller torotate the latter, said slot being extended out through the open end ofsaid casing and thus

